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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 36 | wednesday october 16, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Kill Your Darlings : film explores
beat movement. PAGE 5
Uncertain: lee’s status for notre
dame game unknown. PAGE 12
corey marquetti | Daily Trojan
Hot dog!
The Weinermobile made an appearance on Trousdale Monday afternoon and gave out 350 hot dogs along with
whistles, stickers and postcards to students. Students were able to receive a free hot dog if they showed either a receipt
from one of USC hospitality’s venues, downloaded the Tapingo app or liked the USC Hospitality Facebook page.
by grace kim
daily trojan
The Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
and the Center on Communication
Leadership and Policy hosted a
lunch on Tuesday as part of “Wired
Women: Bridging the Technology
Gap,” a series exploring the
opportunities and challenges
faced by women in technology.
The panel featured Christine
Outram, senior inventionist at
Deutsch LA and founder at City
Innovation Group; Sophia Viklund,
co-founder of backCODE; and
Sarah Penna, co-founder and chief
creative officer of Big Frame. The
lunch discussion was hosted by
CCLP director and USC professor
Geoffrey Cowan and chaired by
CCLP senior fellow, author and
journalist, Narda Zacchino.
According to the National
Center for Women and Information
Technology, women represent only
6 percent of the chief executives of
the top 100 U.S. tech companies
and 22 percent of software
engineers.
“Women need to stand up and
take a seat at the table,” Penna
said. “There is a mental and
psychological barrier that a lot of
women have. They ask themselves,
‘Do I deserve a seat at the table?’”
Viklund noted that even though
greater numbers of women have
started entering the field of
Panelists focus on women’s role in technology
Professor Geoffrey Cowan
hosted the talk, centering on
leadership in the digital age.
| see womEn, page 3 |
teChnology
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Bridging gaps · Founder of City Innovation Group Christine Outram
spoke about the need for women to push forward in the job market.
profile
by rebecca cohen
daily trojan
If you asked USC alumnus
Daniel Rodriguez how he has
accomplished so much after a past
that has included drug addiction,
homelessness, poverty and a host of
other challenges, his answer would
be simple.
“Everything that I do, I do because
of my grandmother,” Rodriguez said.
“I feel like I am validating what she
thought of me, the faith that she had
in me. I want to inspire others who
have suffered similar experiences as
I have.”
It is this conviction that has
carried 57-year-old Rodriguez
through life. After living on Skid Row,
being shot seven times and kicking a
cocaine habit, Rodriguez graduated
from USC and has started several
nonprofit foundations.
His early life was riddled with
gang-related issues and drug abuse.
Rodriguez moved from New York City
to Los Angeles in 1979 with just $36,
plus the $100 his mother had loaned
him. He began his life in Los Angeles
on Skid Row, which boasts one of the
largest stable homeless population in
the United States.
From 1979 to 1991, Rodriguez
worked during the day, but at night,
he bet on horse races and used his
winnings to fuel a cocaine habit. He
said his days were dangerous, living
moment to moment without security.
“All I did was play the horses,
use cocaine and party every night,”
Rodriguez said.
After one incident, he spent 30
days in the hospital because of a
bullet wound. His drug habit was so
bad he was not even aware of the pain
of his injuries.
“In 1981, I got shot like seven
USC alumnus overcomes
poverty, drugs to graduate
Daniel Rodriguez recently
completed a manuscript of
his own personal life story.
| see roDrIGuEz, page 3 |
SCienCe
by kylie morgan
daily trojan
The USC fluxHome returned
home to USC on Monday after it
placed 10th overall in the biennial
Solar Decathlon competition at the
Orange County Great Park in Irvine,
Calif.
The fluxHome placed first in
appliances and third in architecture
out of the 19 competing teams. The
team also tied for first with all the
competitors in the energy balance
contest.
The decathlon included teams
from around the country, as well
as ones from the Czech Technical
University in the Czech Republic and
the Vienna University of Technology
in Austria.
“People at the competition really
enjoyed our house. They thought it
was really innovative how we had
a really big open area inside,” said
Alec Chiu, a fifth-year architecture
student who worked on the
fluxHome.
The fluxHome hosted a dinner
for other competitors in the “flux
space,” an area located in the middle
of the house in front of the kitchen,
with a table that could extend from
17 inches to 10 feet. The space was
designed to efficiently accommodate
many different activities. The
entertainment room adjacent to
the kitchen was also designed to be
adjustable. It featured five chairs
and sofas that could be rearranged
into 24 different layouts.
“Our house was just different in
the sense that all the other schools
had big back porches while ours
focused on the interior of the house,”
Chiu said.
The team tried to create a
similar effect to that of a big porch
with a skylight above the flux
space. Chiu said that many people
were impressed with the spacious
bathroom, which featured two sinks
and a large bathtub and shower.
People also asked a lot of questions
about the fluxHome’s “green wall,” a
vegetable garden on a wall next to
the kitchen. This feature can be seen
on several sides of the house, where
one wall has mainly edible plants
and herbs and another wall toward
the front of the house showcases
plants native to California.
This was USC’s first year
competing in the Solar Decathlon,
and team members were generally
pleased with their work. Chiu said
that many times the fluxHome
only differed from other homes
in competitions by a few points,
and some of those points were
simply because of human error. For
example, during the hot water test
the team was not able to make the
water quite hot enough because
someone simply forgot to turn on
the correct switch.
Project Manager Justin Kang,
an alumnus of the School of
Architecture, said the home will sit
USC places 10th in Solar
Decathlon competition
The university’s f luxHome
placed first in appliances
and third in architecture.
| see fluXhomE, page 2 |

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 36 | wednesday october 16, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Kill Your Darlings : film explores
beat movement. PAGE 5
Uncertain: lee’s status for notre
dame game unknown. PAGE 12
corey marquetti | Daily Trojan
Hot dog!
The Weinermobile made an appearance on Trousdale Monday afternoon and gave out 350 hot dogs along with
whistles, stickers and postcards to students. Students were able to receive a free hot dog if they showed either a receipt
from one of USC hospitality’s venues, downloaded the Tapingo app or liked the USC Hospitality Facebook page.
by grace kim
daily trojan
The Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
and the Center on Communication
Leadership and Policy hosted a
lunch on Tuesday as part of “Wired
Women: Bridging the Technology
Gap,” a series exploring the
opportunities and challenges
faced by women in technology.
The panel featured Christine
Outram, senior inventionist at
Deutsch LA and founder at City
Innovation Group; Sophia Viklund,
co-founder of backCODE; and
Sarah Penna, co-founder and chief
creative officer of Big Frame. The
lunch discussion was hosted by
CCLP director and USC professor
Geoffrey Cowan and chaired by
CCLP senior fellow, author and
journalist, Narda Zacchino.
According to the National
Center for Women and Information
Technology, women represent only
6 percent of the chief executives of
the top 100 U.S. tech companies
and 22 percent of software
engineers.
“Women need to stand up and
take a seat at the table,” Penna
said. “There is a mental and
psychological barrier that a lot of
women have. They ask themselves,
‘Do I deserve a seat at the table?’”
Viklund noted that even though
greater numbers of women have
started entering the field of
Panelists focus on women’s role in technology
Professor Geoffrey Cowan
hosted the talk, centering on
leadership in the digital age.
| see womEn, page 3 |
teChnology
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Bridging gaps · Founder of City Innovation Group Christine Outram
spoke about the need for women to push forward in the job market.
profile
by rebecca cohen
daily trojan
If you asked USC alumnus
Daniel Rodriguez how he has
accomplished so much after a past
that has included drug addiction,
homelessness, poverty and a host of
other challenges, his answer would
be simple.
“Everything that I do, I do because
of my grandmother,” Rodriguez said.
“I feel like I am validating what she
thought of me, the faith that she had
in me. I want to inspire others who
have suffered similar experiences as
I have.”
It is this conviction that has
carried 57-year-old Rodriguez
through life. After living on Skid Row,
being shot seven times and kicking a
cocaine habit, Rodriguez graduated
from USC and has started several
nonprofit foundations.
His early life was riddled with
gang-related issues and drug abuse.
Rodriguez moved from New York City
to Los Angeles in 1979 with just $36,
plus the $100 his mother had loaned
him. He began his life in Los Angeles
on Skid Row, which boasts one of the
largest stable homeless population in
the United States.
From 1979 to 1991, Rodriguez
worked during the day, but at night,
he bet on horse races and used his
winnings to fuel a cocaine habit. He
said his days were dangerous, living
moment to moment without security.
“All I did was play the horses,
use cocaine and party every night,”
Rodriguez said.
After one incident, he spent 30
days in the hospital because of a
bullet wound. His drug habit was so
bad he was not even aware of the pain
of his injuries.
“In 1981, I got shot like seven
USC alumnus overcomes
poverty, drugs to graduate
Daniel Rodriguez recently
completed a manuscript of
his own personal life story.
| see roDrIGuEz, page 3 |
SCienCe
by kylie morgan
daily trojan
The USC fluxHome returned
home to USC on Monday after it
placed 10th overall in the biennial
Solar Decathlon competition at the
Orange County Great Park in Irvine,
Calif.
The fluxHome placed first in
appliances and third in architecture
out of the 19 competing teams. The
team also tied for first with all the
competitors in the energy balance
contest.
The decathlon included teams
from around the country, as well
as ones from the Czech Technical
University in the Czech Republic and
the Vienna University of Technology
in Austria.
“People at the competition really
enjoyed our house. They thought it
was really innovative how we had
a really big open area inside,” said
Alec Chiu, a fifth-year architecture
student who worked on the
fluxHome.
The fluxHome hosted a dinner
for other competitors in the “flux
space,” an area located in the middle
of the house in front of the kitchen,
with a table that could extend from
17 inches to 10 feet. The space was
designed to efficiently accommodate
many different activities. The
entertainment room adjacent to
the kitchen was also designed to be
adjustable. It featured five chairs
and sofas that could be rearranged
into 24 different layouts.
“Our house was just different in
the sense that all the other schools
had big back porches while ours
focused on the interior of the house,”
Chiu said.
The team tried to create a
similar effect to that of a big porch
with a skylight above the flux
space. Chiu said that many people
were impressed with the spacious
bathroom, which featured two sinks
and a large bathtub and shower.
People also asked a lot of questions
about the fluxHome’s “green wall,” a
vegetable garden on a wall next to
the kitchen. This feature can be seen
on several sides of the house, where
one wall has mainly edible plants
and herbs and another wall toward
the front of the house showcases
plants native to California.
This was USC’s first year
competing in the Solar Decathlon,
and team members were generally
pleased with their work. Chiu said
that many times the fluxHome
only differed from other homes
in competitions by a few points,
and some of those points were
simply because of human error. For
example, during the hot water test
the team was not able to make the
water quite hot enough because
someone simply forgot to turn on
the correct switch.
Project Manager Justin Kang,
an alumnus of the School of
Architecture, said the home will sit
USC places 10th in Solar
Decathlon competition
The university’s f luxHome
placed first in appliances
and third in architecture.
| see fluXhomE, page 2 |